Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 172, supervised work, "Ip Man".

After Chen Cheng agreed, Han Sanping gave Chen Cheng a new notebook.

When Chen Cheng opened it, he found it was "The Grandmaster, Ip Man".

Chen Cheng was somewhat delighted.

Originally, Chen Cheng thought that the role of producer was just the same as what Han Sanping said, so he just went there to take a look and did nothing.

But after watching Ip Man, Chen Cheng still approved of this film.

This film also promoted the domestic small boxing style "Wing Chun".

Simultaneously.

It was also because of this film that Zhen Zaidan truly made a name for himself in Hong Kong.

"Chen Cheng, have you read the book?"

"You saw it?"

“What do you think? Is there a market for it?”

"should have."

"It should mean something."

"Director Han, what do you want to ask?"

"Okay, let's put it simply, will it be a loss?"

"Director Han, why do you ask that? Why don't you ask if it will make money?"

"I want to make money, but I'm scared of these movies lately."

Han Sanping felt a little dissatisfied in his heart.

His current thought is.

It doesn't matter whether you make money or not.

The important thing is, as long as you don’t lose money, that’s enough.

"Haha, Director Han, you are really...Hong Kong movies are not that bad."

Chen Cheng smiled.

That's where their background lies.

“I think this film has a great chance of making money.”

"real."

"Ah."

Chen Cheng confirmed.

"That's great, Chen Cheng. I feel relieved when you say this."

Han Sanping became happy: "In a few days, the producer of this film, Huang Baiming, will come to BJ. You will be the producer of this film in the future. You can get to know Huang Baiming."

"it is good."

Chen Cheng nodded.

Although the producer doesn't seem to have to work.

This is just a casual remark.

If you really don't want to do any work, then what's the point of having this position as a producer?

The producer may seem to have no work to do, but he is actually quite important.

First of all.

He is the representative of the capital.

It represents the supervising producer.

Although his power may not be equal to that of the producer, he is in charge of the finances.

So whether you are a producer or a director, you have to be polite to the supervisor.

But generally speaking.

Many films have no producer.

Or even if there is, it is relatively invisible.

How do you say this?

It's a common thing in the circle.

For the producers, they don't want to see a producer always talking nonsense in front of them.

Therefore, powerful producers do not need a producer, or they set up an invisible producer as a decoration.

But the cooperation for each film is different, the producers are different, the investors are different, and the demands are also different.

Therefore, many films have relatively strong producers.

Especially the producer representing the capital is even more powerful.

What Chen Cheng represents is the producer who belongs to the capital side.

Although theoretically the supervisor belongs to the production team, the producer has no control over him.

even.

The producer also has to serve Chen Cheng well.

……

The next day.

Han Sanping came to pick up Chen Cheng.

Sitting in the back seat, Han Sanping asked Chen Cheng.

"You know Huang Baiming, right?"

"Hong Kong's top producer, owner of Hong Kong's famous film and television company Xinyicheng."

Wong Pak Ming is an outlier in Hong Kong films.

He is the boss, producer, director, and actor.

Correct.

He's the one who made "Happy Ghost".

The starring actor of Happy Ghost is also Wong Pak Ming.

But he is not just an actor.

The Cinema City, which he co-founded with Princess Golden, has launched a series of classic films.

Such as A Better Tomorrow, Best Partner series, The Funny Guys, Buddies... and so on.

There are also a lot of artists and directors who were promoted by him.

It can be said.

Wong Pak Ming is a hidden boss in Hong Kong.

"Ah."

Han Sanping nodded: "Huang Baiming has a very high status in Hong Kong, which is why I want to send you there as a producer."

Half an hour later, Chen Cheng met the legendary Hong Kong gangster, Wong Pak Ming.

"Director Han, long time no see."

"This must be Director Chen."

Wong Pak Ming wears glasses and looks very handsome and gentle, making it hard to associate him with a big shot in the Hong Kong film industry.

However, after being in the circle for a long time, Chen Cheng has met many people.

If you judge people by their appearance, you are far from the truth.

"Hello Director Huang, I really like your Happy Ghost series. I watched it often when I was a kid."

Chen Cheng greets Wong Pak Ming.

"I'm old. Happy Ghost was a long time ago. Hong Kong films are going downhill now, and our industry needs young people like Director Chen. Just like the movie you shot before, Secret, I think it's very good. We want to learn from you."

"Director Huang is being modest. We hit the jackpot by accident. If we were to make another movie, the box office would probably only be 10 or 20 million."

A bit of courtesy.

Huang Baiming asked: "Chen Cheng, have you read the book?"

"Looked."

"Do you have any comments?"

"The book is well written. I have no comments."

"Director Chen is so polite. We should work together to make this film a success. Before coming here, Chen Ke was looking forward to Director Chen's suggestions."

Huang Baiming looked at Chen Cheng.

Han Sanping also gave Chen Cheng a look.

Chen Cheng understood.

This big shot in Hong Kong society wanted to test his own abilities.

See this.

Chen Cheng was no longer modest and said, "Wing Chun is a very good subject. Although it is a small style of boxing, it is very consistent with Chinese traditional culture. At the same time, it is also a topic of discussion. After all, Bruce Lee's master is Ip Man. Bruce Lee is so powerful, everyone must want to know who Bruce Lee's master is. So, it is reasonable for this work about Ip Man to come out."

"Great." Huang Baiming applauded and praised: "To tell you the truth, the source of the creativity of our script started with Bruce Lee."

Han Sanping also didn't expect that Chen Cheng could actually guess the creative idea of ​​this film.

But I felt happy inside.

It seems that sending Chen Cheng was the right decision.

Chen Cheng not only shocked the producers in Hong Kong, but even the big boss in the Hong Kong circle looked at him with admiration.

If it were someone else today.

I'm afraid that's no longer the case.

"Although Wing Chun is a minor martial art, it represents our Chinese martial arts..."

Chen Cheng continued.

"Wait, Director Chen, what did you just say?"

"I said Wing Chun is a minor martial art."

"No, the one behind."

"Chinese martial arts?"

"Yes, national martial arts. What is national martial arts?"

The word "national martial arts" is not new.

It happened before.

But many times when talking about Chinese martial arts, people may think of the national quintessence.

In short.

Although Chinese martial arts is not a new term, it is still very new to many people.

Even Huang Baiming felt that this word was very fresh.

of course.

It's not just fresh.

He also vaguely felt that the word "national martial arts" was very ideological.

"Martial arts that are only used to kill the enemy, not for performance, are national arts."

Chen Cheng explained.

The word "guoshu" actually only became popular after the "guoshu" trend in online novels began.

Before this.

Many people don’t know about Chinese martial arts.

Even when talking about traditional Chinese martial arts, people only talk about Tai Chi, Bagua and so on.

But after Chinese martial arts came out.

A series of traditional Chinese martial arts are collectively referred to as national arts.

Also because of the two words "guoshu", he promoted traditional Chinese martial arts to a higher level.

"Martial arts that are only used to kill the enemy, not for performance, are national arts."

Huang Baiming repeated the sentence.

Just one sentence.

Huang Baiming felt a warm current rising in his heart.

Ip man.

Chinese martial arts.

Chinese martial arts.

Ip man.

The two are a perfect combination.

"Director Chen, what you said is really great. I think with your words, our Ip Man will not have to worry anymore."

When it comes to movies, Wong Pak Ming has a clearer vision than most people.

Originally, he only thought of Bruce Lee as his master, Ip Man.

But as soon as Chen Cheng's martial arts concept came out, Wong Pak Ming knew that the scale of the Ip Man drama had risen to several levels.

Such a concept will have a huge driving effect on both filming and future box office.

"Director Chen, I'm planning to cast Zhen Zaidan as the lead actor in this film. What do you think?"

Although Chen Cheng only said a few words.

But with just these few words, Chen Cheng conquered Huang Baiming.

Unconscious.

Huang Baiming asked Chen Cheng.

of course.

He didn't really need to say this.

He is the producer of Ip Man and also a big shot in the Hong Kong film industry.

Not to mention anything else, even Han Sanping had to give him face.

It’s just a matter of words for him to choose who will be the protagonist.

Even the director has no right to object.

"Zhen Zaidan."

Chen Cheng smiled.

He didn't speak.

Take later generations for example.

He naturally knew that Ip Man was starred by Zhen Zaidan.

And thanks to the role of Ip Man, Zhen Zaidan really became famous in Hong Kong and became one of Hong Kong's top actors.

It is said that there were rumors later that he received 4 million yuan in salary for filming Ip Man 1.

But now that Wong Pak Ming has asked, it would be such a waste if I don’t pretend.

So Chen Cheng didn't say anything.

really.

Chen Cheng didn't say anything, so Huang Baiming said, "Director Chen, I understand that you have worked with Zai Dan before, and it seems that there was some misunderstanding. However, I can guarantee that this problem will never occur in our crew."

Huang Baiming was afraid that Chen Cheng might have some thoughts about Zhen Zaidan, so he said.

Chen Cheng replied pretentiously, "It's not that Zhen Zaidan is not good. He is a top martial arts figure in Hong Kong. However, the impression Zhen Zaidan gave me before was that he was always fighting... martial arts is indeed his style. However, if our Ip Man is still stuck in fighting... then what's the difference between him and all the movies he made before?"

Huang Baiming's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

As a well-known producer in Hong Kong, how could he not know what Chen Cheng was talking about.

This is true.

Zhen Zaidan has already developed his own martial arts style in Hong Kong.

It's not just his fighting style, but even his running, his walking, his fighting style, his words and actions... have formed a style.

This style is good because it is easy to remember.

But if this style continues, it will become too stereotyped.

You can’t play Chen Zhen in this way, play Sha Po Lang in this way, and play Flash in this way.

It was fun to fight.

But what's the use?
Everyone saw the result.

Whether it was "SPL" or "Flash Point", both of them flopped at the box office.

"SPL" was even worse, with only 700 million box office in Hong Kong at the time.

It’s not that people don’t want to support you, it’s just that you don’t have anything new to offer.

However, Wu Jing turned a disaster into a blessing in disguise in this film and made a name for himself.

I heard Chen Cheng talking about Zhen Zaidan's shortcomings from time to time.

Huang Baiming thought for a moment and said, "Director Chen, I think Zhen Zaidan is actually quite good. How about this, I'll ask Zaidan to come over in a few days, and we'll get together and you can take a look."

"Ok."

Chen Cheng nodded.

This guy pretends to be very comfortable with Chen Cheng.

This action also made Han Sanping on the side stunned. Secretly, he gave Chen Cheng a thumbs up: "Fuck, Chen Cheng, you are awesome. With this situation today, are you the producer, or is Wong Pak Ming the producer?"

Chen Cheng whispered back, "Director Han, didn't you ask me to be the producer? If I can't control them, what's the point of being a producer?"

"high."

Han Sanping was overjoyed.

Although he had always been optimistic about Chen Cheng, he never expected that Chen Cheng would give him such a big surprise.

(End of this chapter)